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Monthly Archives: October 2022

ANAFIOTIKA…AN ATHENS NEIGHBORHOOD LOST IN TIME

Anafiotika was on my Athens exploration wish list after watching an episode of Rick Steves on PBS. It is a tiny enclave of unique homes on the side of the Acropolis hill. The first houses were built in the era of Otto of Greece, when workers from the island…

ATHENS…AMAZING, ALLURING…AND SO ANCIENT

Greece was on our travel radar for many years, and we finally made it happen! Paris and the island of Guernsey were tiring but we did our best to rally. Our base was the Electra Metropolis Hotel in the Syndagma district. We had dinner on the terrace of our hotel…

A VISIT TO A BEAUTIFUL TINY CHAPEL, WE LAY FLOWERS ON MY SISTER’S GRAVE, AND TOUR THE GERMAN UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL, A SOBERING REMINDER OF GUERNSEY’S OCCUPATION DURING WORLD WAR II

When my nephew Steve suggested we drive to “The Little Chapel” I was thrilled as it many years since our last visit. My sister Patty took Marla and I to see it my very first Guernsey trip on a cold and wet January day. The Little Chapel is…

A DAY TRIP TO HERM…A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ISLAND…JUST OFFSHORE FROM…ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ISLAND

On our many family visits to the Isle of Guernsey in the Channel Islands between England and France we could see the tiny island of Herm in the distance. My brother-in-law Vic said we should visit historic Herm as it is an easy ferry ride from St. Peter…